As
a leading wholesaler to the grocery industry,
Roundy's of Westville, Indiana was facing
the kind of problem most businesses like to
have: rapid expansion of it's customer base
coupled with continuing growth in volume,
partly due to an acquisition. More capacity
was needed (especially for perishable products),
so Roundy's management decided to build an
extension to an existing 650,000-square-foot
facility.
The
company had been extremely pleased with a
prior warehouse project built by Tippmann,
so Roundy's went back to Tippmann for a complete
feasibility study of the new project. At the
completion of the study, they also selected
Tippmann to build the warehouse expansion,
which included a regular storage freezer,
an ice cream freezer, a meat cooler, dairy
cooler and produce cooler.
The
resulting 160,000-square-foot expansion allowed
Roundy's to consolidate its products at a
key location. Using Tippmann's Fast-Track
construction, the warehouse extension was
completed in just five months, which allowed
Roundy's to begin using the facility in time
to meet the seasonal demands surrounding the
holiday.
